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Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action was found necessary during 1935 under the provisions
of these Regulations, which relate to the occurrence of Tuberculosis
among persons engaged in the handling of milk.
Revision of Notification Register.
In accordance with the suggestion of the Ministry of Health
the Tuberculosis Notification register is periodically revised, and
during 1935 the names of 75 patients were removed from the register
as compared with 97 in 1934.
The County of London (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Ten children were, by arrangement with the Invalid Children's
Aid Association, boarded out under the scheme of the London
County Council under the above Regulations.
The County Council make no charge to parents or guardians
for this service.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary during 1935 may be
summarised as follows:—
The fixed annual contribution made by the London County
Council towards the cost of the dispensary treatment of Tuberculosis
was £1,037. The amount of this contribution is reviewed periodically,
and a re-assessment is to be made for the financial years
1936 to 1939.
The staff engaged on Tuberculosis work at the Dispensary
will be found on pages 3 and 4, and the appointment of a new
Tuberculosis medical officer is recorded on page 87.
The Dispensary is affiliated to St. Thomas's Hospital, and
204 patients were referred to that institution for X-ray examination
during the year.
The Tuberculosis Medical Officer and one of the tuberculosis
nurses are employed part-time in the medical inspection of children
attending Springwell House Open Air School, Clapham Common
North Side. Children exposed to infection in their homes are now
eligible for admission to the school, in addition to notified cases.
The Health Committee in December recommended the Council
to co-operate with the Royal College of Physicians in an investigation
being conducted by that body into the early stages of Tuberculosis
by means of combined clinical, X-ray and tuberculin
examination. The scheme provided for a scholar, appointed by the
College, to do the tuberculin testing and to collate the results, the
cost being borne by the College. The scholar was to work under the
general direction of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer, but in no
sense to interfere with the ordinary work of that officer.